The Radioactive Beach In New York

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Check out BrainCraft! / braincraft - start with the Growth Mindset • THIS Mindset Will Help... or lucid dreaming • The Truth About Lucid ... • Deep in Brooklyn there's a beach you definitely wouldn't swim at, unless you're an archaeologist.
Dead Horse Bay served as an unofficial dump for decades, and now as the sand is washed away the boroughs' history is slowly being revealed, one china plate and glass bottle at a time. It's popular with local archeologists (both ameteur "treasure hunters" and professionals) as they wade through New York City's past.
But this year, a darker side of the city's history has emerged: traces of radon gas and gamma radiation exceeding ambient levels. As parts of the beach have been closed off, locals are worried: will their artifacts and their history now just wash out to sea? And when trash becomes treasured, do we have a responsibility to preserve it?
Drone footage courtesy of Justin Brooks. Navy Deck Marker image courtesy of Wauter Has, paratrooper.be
Thank you to Dustin Growick for his help filming this video.
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@TomScottGo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to all the folks who've made guest videos this January! I'm back next week. At least, I hope I am. I left this comment back in December when this video was uploaded and scheduled. So, uh, I hope I'm back next week.

@joebleasdale5557 3 жыл бұрын

When I was living at a student house at uni, I found an old Tesco receipt under my bed for 2 tomatoes, 1 celery stick and 16 cans of Strongbow Dark Fruits. That tells me a lot about how our predecessors ate.

@jefflanam 3 жыл бұрын

When archaeologists 500 years from now dig into our dumps, they'll know when they get to 2020-2021 because there will be a layer of surgical masks.

@idontwanttopickone 3 жыл бұрын

Future person looking at our junk mail: "Banking must have been terrible back then. Look at all these Princes who can't transfer money!"

@KieranMonday 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm not littering, I'm creating history"

@YashKMusic 3 жыл бұрын

moral of the story: if someone calls you "trash", just give it some time...

@danieljensen2626 3 жыл бұрын

Future archeologists: "Based on correspondence we've found, human society in the 21st century seems to have revolved around extended warranties for their vehicles."

@timothyhilditch 3 жыл бұрын

I seen people buying old vhs tapes not for the content, but for the adverts in the breaks. So they can document them. Weird what people value 30-40 years down the road.

@imbwildrd3693 3 жыл бұрын

If "getting creative" means getting on a boat to access a beach then I guess creativity is on the decline.

@ibahart3771 3 жыл бұрын

"A midden" is what my mum called my teenage bedroom

@leadlime29 3 жыл бұрын

"trash plus time equals artifact"

@joshuacollins385 3 жыл бұрын

"The beach where your sandals must meet or exceed the requirements set out in OSHA Standard 1910.136"

@Patrick-gd2kb 3 жыл бұрын

Don't let this make you forget that the Boat is called, "big daddy".

@josephcharpak4533 3 жыл бұрын

"So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine. What a fitting end to your life's pursuits. You're about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows? In a thousand years, even you may be worth something."

@TimFromWales 3 жыл бұрын

"about 30.33m away" - the sort facts we like to heare on this channel.

@swampyemerson8269 3 жыл бұрын

This takes “one mans trash is another mans treasure” to the next level.

@charlesrichard7715 3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine a person from 2000 years ago wondering why we keep their old pots and tools in glass boxes at a museum.

@Supertimegamingify 3 жыл бұрын

"We have suncream, but for this beach you might want something a bit... stronger."

@lforlight 3 жыл бұрын

That boat is called Big Daddy. Someone, somewhere in New York or near it, decided that they want to "ride Big Daddy" around.

@Sir_Cloudius 3 жыл бұрын

As someone who studied Archaeology in Uni and on one of my training excavations excavated a soviet era midden in Georgia (country) we found some things that we just as good a find as things like a roman arrow head that we found.